Archives for October 2014

The Abbott government has instructed the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to prepare its accounts for the upcoming mid-year economic statement on the basis that it will stop making investments on 31 December and cease to exist on 30 June next year. But the $10bn so-called “green bank” says it is legally obliged to continue operating as ...

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Running your own business is no piece of cake. Neither is raising a family. These 10 single moms, all of whom have built successful companies, manage to do both with a mix of intelligence, creativity and sheer determination. For some of these mompreneurs, starting a business was a means of creating a better life for their ...

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OAKLAND (CSB SF)— Waste Management recycling workers are returning to work Friday after a weeklong strike left a mountain of recycling piling up outside a San Leandro facility. Workers started their strike on Oct. 26, setting up picket lines in front of the recycling sorting center at 2615 Davis St. in San Leandro and at the ...

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Veteran personal finance journalist Robert Powell answers your questions for USA WEEKEND.USA WEEKEND personal finance advice columnist, Robert Powell(Photo: Josh T. Reynolds for USA WEEKEND)Veteran personal finance journalist Robert Powell answers your questions for USA WEEKEND. My wife would like to retire at 62. Would it be better for to use the funds from her 401(k) ...

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Last year, I woke up to the sleeping giant of auto finance. Over the last decade, we’ve witnessed an explosion of startups building software that dramatically cuts inefficiencies in the exchange of information, goods, and services – disrupting industry incumbents in the process. In the last year, Silicon Valley is finally turning its attention to ...

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THE “Lucky Sperm Club”, as Warren Buffett likes to call it, is still going strong in the commanding heights of business. On opposite sides of the Atlantic, Ana Botín and Abigail Johnson have recently succeeded their fathers in filling two of the most powerful jobs in finance, as chairman of Banco Santander and chief executive ...

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Sherri Welch / Crain's Detroit Business Adoba Hotel Dearborn/Detroit is headed into foreclosure, with the management company planning to leave Friday.Sherri Welch / Crain's Detorit Business A foreclosure sign was posted on a door of the Adoba Hotel in Dearborn.The owners of the Adoba Hotel Dearborn/Detroit, the second-largest hotel in the state, have secured a commitment from ...

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The allure of starting a business is strong. That's part of the American dream for many, especially those in their 50s and older who are looking to leave their lifelong jobs in the corporate world or retire ...

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It looks just like water to most, but a broker recognized it as cold, liquid cash. Photo by ThinkstockAfter 30 years of telecom and network systems work in corporate America, John Smee was ready for a change. He’d thought plenty of times before how nice it would be to find a little operation of his own ...

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